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Ace Admiral (foaled in 1945) was an American Thoroughbred racehorse. His sire Heliopolis was the leading sire in North America in 1950 and again in 1954. His grandsire Hyperion was a six-time leading sire in Great Britain & Ireland. His dam War Flower was a daughter of Man o’ War.Ace Admiral was born in the same year as the great Calumet Farm colts Citation and Coaltown. In his two-year-old season Ace Admiral ran third to Citation in the Pimlico Futurity.